The world’s biggest pop-media convention rolled into northern California on the 21st of July this year; with comic-book, Movie, video-game and TV fans amassing to share passions at geek “Valhalla”. As usual the world’s biggest publishers and media conglomerates were present to promote & sell their wares, and give us a glimpse of what to expect over the next 12 months and beyond.
With several announcements and interactive panels on show, we breakdown the biggest Movie happenings this year. Plus a little something on a certain fantasy TV show we can’t help talking about.
Thursday the 21st of July
The Raging Stones
Snowden
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Comic-con went slightly rogue this year in opening the movie proceedings with Oliver Stone’s biographical NSA whistleblower drama ‘Snowden’. In attendance was the director in his fist visit to the “Con”, along with stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Zachary Quinto for a panel Q&A and exclusive footage. ‘Snowden’ is out on the 16th of September in the US with no UK release date yet.
Watch the full panel video, courtesy of Flicks & The City:
La France à San Diego
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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French director Luc Besson also made his Hall H debut on Thursday, delighting the crowd with teaser footage and a cast panel for the upcoming sci-fi space & time travel adventure ‘Valerian’, based on the french comics series ‘Valérian and Laureline’. He was joined on stage by producer Virginie Besson-Silla plus stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne, ‘Valerian’ is out on the 21st of July 2017 in the UK and US.
‘Valerian’ Teaser image
Watch the full panel video, courtesy of Flicks & The City:
Friday the 22nd of July
On the home straight
Game of Thrones 2016 panel (Season 6)
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After a distinctly slow and predictable start to season 6 of a show which has been anything but, we feared that the show’s overtaking of the books signalled a worrying change in the narrative and execution of our favourite TV indulgence.
But we needn’t have worried as the 6th year of GoT culminated in one of the greatest season enders in TV history; propelling the story forward and taking us into the final phase of this epic story, which as producers have signalled, will play out over the next two uncharacteristically short seasons beginning next summer.
On hand for a customary Q&A panel were show creators David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, along with a bevy of Westeros stars which included; Sophie Turner, Conleth Hill, John Bradley, Liam Cunningham, Nathalie Emmanuel, Faye Marsay, Kristian Nairn, Iwan Rheon and Isaac Hempstead Wright, discussing the events of a memorable season and what it might mean for the future… without giving anything away of course.
Watch the full panel video, courtesy of Flicks & The City:
Watch the panel questions video, courtesy of Flicks & The City:
Check out Saturday’s events on the next page, featuring DC Comics and Warner Bros. as well as Marvel’s appearance at this year’s convention.
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The world’s biggest pop-media convention rolled into northern California on the 21st of July this year; with comic-book, Movie, video-game and TV fans amassing to share passions at geek “Valhalla”. As usual the world’s biggest publishers and media conglomerates were present to promote & sell their wares, and give us a glimpse of what to expect over the next 12 months and beyond.
Comic-con went slightly rogue this year in opening the movie proceedings with Oliver Stone’s biographical NSA whistleblower drama ‘Snowden’. In attendance was the director in his fist visit to the “Con”, along with stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Zachary Quinto for a panel Q&A and exclusive footage. ‘Snowden’ is out on the 16th of September in the US with no UK release date yet.
French director Luc Besson also made his Hall H debut on Thursday, delighting the crowd with teaser footage and a cast panel for the upcoming sci-fi space & time travel adventure ‘Valerian’, based on the french comics series ‘Valérian and Laureline’. He was joined on stage by producer Virginie Besson-Silla plus stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne, ‘Valerian’ is out on the 21st of July 2017 in the UK and US.
After a distinctly slow and predictable start to season 6 of a show which has been anything but, we feared that the show’s overtaking of the books signalled a worrying change in the narrative and execution of our favourite TV indulgence.
